One Word: Details | Una palabra: Detalles

Chivas USA Head Coach Wilmer Cabrera has it clear, “more focus and pay attention to the details.” As his team fell 3-0 to the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night, Cabrera knew exactly what needs to be done in order for the Red-and-White to be successful.

“We cannot make mistakes because we are going to get punished,” stated the Head Coach during his postgame press conference. “We need to think that way, that we cannot make one mistake, not only with the rules but also in the run of play.”

It ran the 26th minute of the match, when referee Allen Chapman called in a six-second rule on Chivas USA’s captain Dan Kennedy for wasting time inside the box. The direct free kick was the setup to the Union’s first goal of the night, as Chapman awarded them with a penalty kick on what he deemed as a handball by Martin Rivero.

The Union went on to score two more goals on the Red-and-White, a beautiful header by Conor Casey on a Cristian Maidana cross, who also closed out the scoreboard with a third tally. In retrospect, Cabrera is aware of the club’s lone solution moving forward.

“For me, the key right now is how we can manage to avoid little mistakes right there that can cause PKs, red cards, six-second rules and fouls that are going to give [the opponent] options. But the way they scored the second goal, that was a fantastic goal. The first and the third, we were involved with that, we cooperated in some way, how, details, giving them the chance.”

If Chivas are capable of finishing the 90 minutes without a single mistake, Cabrera is 100 percent certain that the win at home will come sooner than later. However, looking into what’s coming next, the Head Coach is at least capable of joking around and finding the positives to the situation.

“We are battling, we battled [the crisis of not winning] when we were trying to play away, and we broke that situation, we played, we won, we scored more than one goal, we ended with 11 men and that changed. The positive thing is that we are going to play away against the LA Galaxy, so we are going to be visitors and that’s a positive thing that is coming our way right now.”

Chivas USA will start gearing up preparations for the second leg of the SuperClásico derby against cross-hall rival LA Galaxy on Tuesday when they return to training. The Rojiblancos will serve as the visiting side in the rematch programmed for Sunday, June 8, beginning at 5 p.m. (PT). The match will be televised nationally on Univisión and in the Los Angeles area on KDOC-TV LA56. Moreover, the game can be heard on ESPN Deportes Radio KWKU 1220 AM. For more information visit cdchivasusa.com and follow the club on Twitter and Facebook.